NBC News interviews UB expert about the perception of videogamers as nerds

An article on NBC News about the perception of videogame
players as inactive, maladjusted nerds quotes Matthew Grizzard,
assistant professor of communication whose research involves the
cognitive and psychological effects of games. “Those typical
stereotypes you see in the past, they don’t really exist very
much anymore,” he said. “We’ve grown up with the
medium – it’s just so ubiquitous now.” The
article also looks at Grizzard’s research that showed that
players feel real guilt when they perform immoral actions in a
game, which may lead to pro-social behavior.